# Incident 20220316003459I: Icon Aircraft Inc A5, Granite Shoals, TX, March 16, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 2022, 10:20 local time
- Place: Granite Shoals, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5888° N, 98.3673° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Granite Shoals, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5888&lon=-98.3673&mi=10
- Aircraft: N288PJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N288PJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Icon A5 (registry code 06001A7, https://openairdocs.org/model/icon-a5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912 IS series (registry code 55593, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912-is-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ICON AIRCRAFT INC A5
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912 IS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 194 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220316003459I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT TOOK OFF FROM SHIRLEY WILLIAMS AIRPORT (44TE) AT 10:10 CST FLYING PART 91 (VMC) IN AN AMPHIBIOUS HULL AIRCRAFT. APPROXIMATELY TEN MINUTES LATER, HE ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON THE COLORADO RIVER LAKE NEAR GRANITE SHOLES TEXAS. HE FORGOT TO RETRACT THE GEAR BACK INTO THE HULL BEFORE LANDING ON THE WATER WHICH RESULTED IN A HARD LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT  DID NOT FLIP OVER AND REMAINED AFLOAT. THE WINDSHIELD CANOPY BROKE AND ONE FLAP ROD DETACHED. A BOATER NEARBY WAS ABLE TO RESCUE THE PILOT AND TOW THE AIRCRAFT TO THE SHORE LINE SAFELY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES DURING THE INCIDENT.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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